different between purity vs humanity

English

Etymology

pure +? -ity, from Old French purete, from Latin puritas.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pj????ti/, /?pj????ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pj???ti/, /?pj??ti/
• Hyphenation: pur?i?ty

Noun

purity (countable and uncountable, plural purities)

1. The state or degree of being pure.

   Antonym: impurity

Derived terms

• purity ball
• purity pledge
• purity ring
• purity spiral

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin h?m?nit?s (“human nature, humanity, also humane conduct”), from h?m?nus (“human, humane”); see human, humane.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hju?mæn?ti/, [hju?mæn??i]

Noun

humanity (countable and uncountable, plural humanities)

1. Mankind; human beings as a group.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:humankind

2. The human condition or nature.
3. The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!”

   Synonym: humaneness

4. Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.

Derived terms

• humanitarian
• humanitarianism

Related terms

• humanities
• humane

Translations

Further reading

• humanity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• humanity at OneLook Dictionary Search
• humanity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "humanity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 148.
• humanity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• humanity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.